Patched bullet and method of making the saml



(No Model.)

H. F. CLARK.

PATGHED BULLET AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME. No. 286,387, Patented Oct. 9, 1888.

W/nesazw: jyzyevzfarr afifiig a I r A urrsn STATES PATENT GFFICE.

, .HENRY F. CLARK, OF POUG-HKEEPSTE, N Ell". YORK.

PATCHEQ BULLET AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,587, dated October 9, 1883.

Applicution flled April 27, was. .(l'o model.)

To all whom it may con/earn:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. (IL-ARK, of Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Patched Bnl- V Jet-sandin the Manufacture of Patched Bullets, of which the following is a specification.

This improvement consists in the combination, with a bullet having a eonoidal portion '10, at the forward end' and a cylindric portion at the rear end larger in diameter than said co 'noidal portion, thereby forming a shoulder at the junction of the cylindric portion and the conoidal portion, of a patch applied to the cylindric portion and extending over said shoulder.

Theiinproveni ent also includes a novel meth- 0d of patching a bullet, consisting-in first forming a tubular patch, open at both ends, by coil- :o ing paper cylindrically and fastening the outer end to the adjacent coil, the patch being sufficiently larger than the slug from which the millet is formed to enable it to be readily slipped over the end of the slug and upon the cylindric portion thereof, and in subsequently expanding the slug, by pressure exerted in the [direction of its length, to complete its forma ti'on'into a bullet, audio cause it to tightly fill the interior of the tubular patch, so that the 0 latter will be retained in place thereon.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a'slug. Fig. 2 is a sidevicw of a patch. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of thebullet with the patch in place. Fig. 4 is 3 5 a face view of a strip of paper suitable for use in making patches like the one shown in other figures, and Fig. 5 is a side yiew-of a tube formed. from such a strip. All these views illustrate the devices upon an enlarged scale.

. Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures. p

A designates the bullet, and B designates the patch. The bullet consists of an approximately-cylindrical portion, a, and a conoidal 5 portion; b, at the fore end. The .slug from which the bullet is formed has the same characteristics, but is slightly smaller diametrically. The patchis made by taking a strip of paper (shown in Fig. 4) as wide as the length of several of the patches to beprodueed, and windingit rear ends upon a flat surface, and are pushed outer coil of the patch will loosen and free the for the portion of the patc upon a stick or other niaimrcl, so as to Pl'OdllCl. a long tube (shown in Fig. 5) slightly larger internally than the external measurement of the slugs upon which it is to be used. Prefcrably the outer coil of the strip of paper will be externally lubricated after being wound to form a tube and subsequently to having the outer end fastened. The ends of the strip may be united to the next adjacent coils by mucilage, or any other adhesivesubstance; or its outer end only may be thus fastened. This tube is cut into pieces oflengt'hs suitable for patches. .Thc patches are preferably slipped over the slugs whi 1c the latter stand on their 5 down to said surface to arrange them so that their rear edges will be even with the rear ends of the slugs. The slugs are swaged or upset in suitable dies, so as to complete their formation into bullets and expand them tightly into the patches. The patches are a trifle longer than the cylindrical rear portions of the bullets hence they extend slightly over the shoulders, which are formed at the j auction of the cylindrical rear portions and the conoidal fore portions, and they preferably extend slightly over the shouh'lers or corners at therear ends. The patches thus made are applied to the slugs in a dry state; and though they aren1orefirmly secured in place when the slugs are expanded into them, they arcnevcrtheless more easily freed therefrom by the riiling of the fire-arm in which they are used, for a single longitlulinal cut by the rifling through the 5 coils of the paper, thus allowing them to es-. cape, because the coils do not adhere together. The extension of the patches over the shoul-. ders of the bullets prevents the metal of the shoulders from coming in contact with the rifling of the fire-arm. A patch extended over a' shoulder on a bullet is prefcrableto one extending over atapering portion of abullet,- h extending over the tapering portion of a bullet will be so loose that it will yield when brought in contaobwith the riding, and, not being cut, will be apt to remain attached. When thc'bullet, by a press,- ure exerted in the direction of its length, is expanded into its patch, it is unnecessary to 100 turn the patch into a hollow in the rear end of the bullet, or to twist the rear edges of the patch over the rear end of the bullet; hence the freeing of the patch from the bullet may be effected with greater facility, and the rear end of the bullet can be made of any desired shape.

Bullets patched according to my improvement may be used in fixed ammunition as well as in other ammunition. Vhen' used in fixed ammunition, they may be merely seated in the shells.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters'Patent,'is-' -1. The combination, with a bullet having a 'conoidal portion at the fore end and a cylin-v drie portion at the ;rear end larger in diameter than the eonoidal portion, thereby forming a shoulder-at the junction of the cylindric portionand the conoidal portion, of a patch ap plied to the eylindrie portion and extending over said shoulder, substantially as specified.

larger than the slug from which the bullet is formed. to enable it to be readily slipped over the end of the slug and upon the cylindric portion thereof, and in subsequently expanding the slug by pressure exerted in the direction of its length, to complete its formation into a bullet, and to cause it to tightly fill the interior of the tubular patch, so that the latter will be retained in place thereon, substantially as herein specified.

H. it CLARK.-

\Vitnesses:

EDWIN H. BROWN, '1. J. KEANE. 

